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Doctors: Unemployment

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 13605

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of doctors with full General Medical Council registration and a licence to practise who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed while seeking su

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has made no assessment of the number of General Medical Council licenced doctors who are unemployed or underemployed while seeking substantive National Health Service medical posts.

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